Grant Williams superfan battling most cancers will get to satisfy the VFL
Seth Palmer’s favourite athlete is Grant Williams. Final spring, he bought to speak to the Vols participant in a video name. Earlier this month, he met him in individual.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville native Seth Palmer is a large Grant Williams fan. He stated he is rooted for Williams since his time in Tennessee and now, he roots for him within the NBA as Williams performs for the Boston Celtics.
Watching Williams play has helped Palmer during the last 14 months, as he has battled lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of most cancers of the blood and bone marrow.
Final spring, WBIR reported how Williams stunned Palmer in a video name. Earlier this month, Williams and Palmer met on Jan. 9 earlier than the Boston Celtics performed the Chicago Bulls.
“I didn’t know we had been going to satisfy Grant Williams till we bought there,” Palmer stated.
They talked about basketball and Williams requested how Palmer is doing. Then the NBA participant and VFL signed Palmer’s Celtics Grant Williams jersey.
The meetup was organized by Dream Connection, a neighborhood non-profit group with the aim of constructing goals come true for youngsters with life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases in East Tennessee.
“It’s very uplifting. Folks undergo issues on daily basis,” stated Bob McConkey, a Dream Connection advisory board member. “And so they get depressed or upset, however once you see somebody undergo actual life difficult struggles, then you may present them one thing or assist do one thing to stay their life, it’s actually uplifting as nicely.”
Palmer stated he has confronted these struggles with hospital visits and medicines.
“Generally I simply felt like giving up, like fully stopping chemo,” he stated. “As a result of I don’t assume individuals get you to should be quarantined from everyone. Mainly, what everybody went by with COVID-19. I’ve gone by the final 12 months. In order that was simply very robust.”
Seth is on an upswing now together with his well being and is ready to depart his home. That journey to Boston positively helped elevate his spirits. On Jan. 9, Grant Williams had a fantastic recreation. Seth was cheering as loud as he may.
“I believe we had been elbowing one another and Grant went off for 20 factors, so I believe Seth was his good luck attraction,” stated Matt Palmer, Seth’s father.
Palmer stated it was plenty of enjoyable.
“I misplaced my voice by the tip of the evening,” he stated.
It was a visit Seth received’t ever neglect. He’s grateful to satisfy his favourite athlete in individual and make a visit to Boston after being remoted for so long as he was.
“That was most likely the best expertise of my life,” he stated.
Seth additionally noticed the Celtics play on Jan. 11 towards the New Orleans Pelicans. The Celtics received each video games he attended. The crew put his identify up on the video board at TD Backyard in Boston too.
He additionally bought autographs from NBA stars Jayston Tatum and Jaylen Brown.
